This will include:

• Interviewing prospective teachers and centre staff on-site
• Assessing candidates' communication, professionalism and suitability for working with children
• Observing trial lessons or teaching demonstrations where required
• Providing clear hiring recommendations to management
• Helping determine whether candidates meet Brainology's standards
• Supporting the onboarding and integration of new staff into the centre

We want Site Managers whose judgement we can trust when making important people and quality decisions.

Safeguarding & Student Welfare

You will have significant responsibility for ensuring the safety and welfare of every child attending your centre.

Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing safeguarding procedures throughout the day
• Ensuring staff follow Brainology's safeguarding and child protection policies
• Handling and overseeing incidents involving students
• Ensuring safeguarding concerns are identified, documented and escalated correctly
• Ensuring registers and student records are accurate
• Maintaining appropriate supervision throughout the centre
• Ensuring correct arrival, collection and handover procedures are followed
• Taking responsibility for ensuring every student within the centre is safe and accounted for

Parent Management

You will be the central point of contact for parents on Saturdays and a visible face of Brainology.

You will:

• Build strong and professional relationships with parents
• Handle questions, concerns and complaints
• Resolve issues professionally and decisively
• Support new and trial families
• Oversee important parent handovers
• Ensure parents receive appropriate feedback regarding their children
• Represent Brainology professionally at all times

Ofsted, Compliance & Centre Standards

You will be responsible for ensuring agreed processes and standards are followed across your centre.

This includes:

• Supporting compliance with applicable Ofsted requirements
• Ensuring Brainology policies and procedures are implemented correctly
• Ensuring safeguarding, incident, attendance and other required records are maintained
• Maintaining high standards of health, safety and student welfare
• Identifying compliance or operational risks
• Escalating serious concerns appropriately
• Ensuring staff understand and follow the processes required of them

Continuous Improvement & Decision Making

We are not looking for someone simply to maintain what already exists.

We want experienced managers who will challenge us to become better.

You will be expected to:

• Regularly assess how your centre is performing
• Identify weaknesses in existing processes
• Recommend and implement improvements
• Make key operational decisions that raise standards
• Improve teaching quality and consistency
• Improve the parent and student experience
• Improve staff accountability and performance
• Identify training and development requirements
• Introduce better organisation where required
• Work with senior management to develop processes that can be implemented across Brainology
• Take ownership rather than waiting to be told what to do

We want you to treat the standards of your centre as your responsibility.

Who We're Looking For

You must have:

• ⭐ Minimum 5+ years' leadership or management experience
• ⭐ Proven experience managing and developing staff
• ⭐ Confidence assessing performance and providing constructive feedback
• ⭐ Strong judgement and decision-making ability
• ⭐ The confidence to interview and assess prospective employees
• ⭐ Excellent communication and parent-facing skills
• ⭐ Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities
• ⭐ The ability to manage difficult situations calmly and professionally
• ⭐ A proactive and highly accountable management style
• ⭐ A genuine commitment to improving standards

Previous leadership experience within education, schools, tuition centres, childcare, children's services or another regulated environment would be highly advantageous.

Safeguarding Requirements

Successful applicants must:

• Hold, or be willing to obtain, an appropriate Enhanced DBS check for working with children, including a Children's Barred List check where applicable
• Hold or complete appropriate Safeguarding Children training
• Have a strong understanding of safeguarding responsibilities
• Complete any additional safeguarding or compliance training required by Brainology
• Be legally entitled to work in the UK

Locations

We are recruiting two Site Managers:

📍 Broadway Academy – Perry Barr

📍 Ark Victoria Academy – Small Heath

Please clearly state which centre you are applying for.

This Is a Leadership Position

We are looking for someone who can walk into their centre every Saturday and take ownership of it.

You should be comfortable making decisions, challenging poor standards, recognising excellent performance, assessing teachers, interviewing potential staff, speaking confidently with parents and dealing with difficult situations when they arise.

From the moment the centre opens until the final child has been safely handed back to their parent, you are responsible for ensuring the centre operates to the standard Brainology expects.

If you have 5+ years of leadership experience and want a role where you have genuine responsibility and the opportunity to directly influence standards, we'd like to hear from you.

Apply through LinkedIn with your CV, the centre you are applying for and a short introduction outlining your leadership and people-management experience.